Category Archives: Local News
State COVID roundup 10/7: statewide tests hit 6M
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- 6 million people throughout Illinois as of Wednesday have been tested for COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. Illinois Department of Public Health said the milestone was rea...
Oct 7, 2020 Midwest Communications
Local COVID roundup 10/7: two Tazewell deaths
PEORIA, Ill. -- Two elderly Tazewell County residents passed away between Tuesday and Wednesday from complications related to the coronavirus. The Peoria City/County Health Department said one was a f...
Oct 7, 2020 Midwest Communications
Peoria County War Memorial adds 34 new names
PEORIA, Ill. -- There are more than 30 new brick engravings at the Peoria County War Memorials recognizing veterans and other honorees. A reception was held Wednesday afternoon on the Peoria County Co...
Oct 7, 2020 Dalton Kemper/1470-100.3 WMBD
Trump seeks to salvage parts of virus aid package
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House on Wednesday tried to salvage items lost in the rubble of COVID-19 relief talks that President Donald Trump halted, with his administration pressing for $1,200 stimul...
Oct 7, 2020 President Donald Trump stands on the balcony outside of the Blue Room as returns to the White House Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Washington, after leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Without a stimulus package, Peoria will borrow $14 million in 2021
PEORIA,Ill. -- President Donald Trump has halted talks regarding comprehensive COVID relief ahead of the November election. A few days ago, Peoria City Manager Patrick Urich was still hoping the city ...
Oct 7, 2020 1470 & 100.3 WMBD/Ed Hammond
Pence-Harris debate to unfold as Trump recovers from virus
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Vice President Mike Pence and his Democratic challenger, California Sen. Kamala Harris, are poised to meet for a debate that will offer starkly different visions for a country co...
Oct 7, 2020
East Peoria Council nears green light for another marijuana store
EAST PEORIA, Ill. -- East Peoria got one step closer Tuesday night to getting its second adult-use cannabis dispensary. City council voted 4-1 to approve a first reading ordinance that would allow Sor...
Oct 6, 2020 Jeremy Scott/1470-100.3 WMBD
Gov. Pritzker proposes principles for "more equitable criminal justice system"
CHICAGO -- Criminal justice reform has been a hot topic across the country in recent months, and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker Tuesday proposed seven guiding principles to reform and modernize the state's...
Oct 6, 2020 1470-100.3 WMBD
Guitar rock god Eddie Van Halen dies of cancer at 65
NEW YORK (AP) - Eddie Van Halen, the guitar virtuoso whose blinding speed, control and innovation propelled his band Van Halen into one of hard rock's biggest groups, fueled the unmistakable fiery sol...
Oct 6, 2020
Peoria Rivermen, along with four other teams, opt out of SPHL season
HUNTERSVILLE, NC - When the Souther Professional Hockey League (SPHL) season begins in December, the Peoria Rivermen will not be playing. The Rivermen, along with four other SPHL teams, will instead p...
Oct 6, 2020 Photo Credit: Peoria Rivermen
